[I] Jonathan Israel on Spinoza as a Revolutionary [52:19]
This lecture was presented on May 21, 2017 as part of the annual Stroum Lecture series hosted by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, part of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
In the first lecture, Jonathan Israel outlines Spinoza’s key writings in favor of democracy and democratic republicanism – and against restrictive religious and state institutions – and explains how these writings were received by Spinoza’s contemporaries.
[II] Jonathan Israel -The Radical Enlightenment & Jewish Emancipation [1:05:14]
In the second lecture, presented on May 23, 2017, Prof. Israel surveys some of the thinkers that took up Spinoza’s ideas and formed the “Radical Enlightenment” movement that pushed for universal rights and dignity for Jews and other marginalized groups.
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